October Road

I can't believe we don't get to do that again for another six weeks.

I don't want you to leave.

I love you, Hannah.

Promise me you're coming back?

Coitus Eddie-ruptus.

Hello!

Whoa! Good-bye sex, huh?

- It's always the best kind. - How would you know?

You never say good-bye. You're always around.

So here's what I'm thinking. We call it "best friend windows."

- I like it. - Yeah?

- Yeah. - Why best friend windows?

'Cause, uh, we're two best friends

starting a company at installs windows, 'cause if you don't have windows...

- you're pretty much staring at the wall. - Whoop. - Whoop.

Wow, swell slogan.

What's got her so creased?

She doesn't think I'm coming home.

Oh, come on!

How much backpacking through Europe can one guy do?

- He'll be back in a few months. - That's what my uncle Nate said.

My aunt Margaret is still waiting by the window in her shawl.

Nicky, I never knew you could see the college from up here.

Oh, boy, that would have come in handy that summer we had the sniper rifle, huh?

Where did he go-- uncle Nate?

He went to find himself.

- All hail the conquering hero! - Hey!

I'm sure you know the thing about the search for the grail being the grail itself.

Why you poppin' daffy, freak show?

- The journey is the destination. - Thanks, physical Phil.

Oh, oh, I almost forgot. Hold on.

Take care of her for me.

You're only gonna be gone for, like, six weeks, bro.

I know, but you never know.

Come on. Let's go.

The traffic to the airport's bound to be grim.

- Give me a sec, dad. - Hey, commander.

- Oh, great. - Have fun, Garrett.

No need to hurry home.

And, uh, if you get lonely, Hannah Jane...

- you know where to find the big cat. - You've got to be kidding me.

- Take care, man. - You, too, buddy.

I'll see ya, Ikey.

Hurry home, chief. We'll make window installation history.

You got it, Eddie.

Be safe.

I'll be back at the end of the summer.

Whatever you say... uncle Nate.

Let's go, Ikey. Come on!

I'll be back in six weeks.

What's the matter with those boys?

I don't know.

- Hello? - It's your editor, kiddo.

Making any progress?

You ever hear the one out blood and stone

and the difficulty in extracting the former from the latter?

Dufresne college called.

They want to know if you'd be interested in teaching

a 1-day intensive on the art of the novel.

Uh, not so much.

Dufresne college? That's in my home town.

I haven't be back there in ten years.

There's some people there that--

- they might not be so happy to see me. - Maybe that's why you're blocked.

Go back there, make peace with it all.

You gotta get past your fears, kiddo.

G. Gordon Liddy was afraid of rats, so he cooked one up and ate it.

You're going.

If you're suggesting that I cook and eat my old friends,

I can assure you, in their opinion, I already have.

It's this weekend. I know it's short notice, but John Irving dropped out.

I guess it's just as well. My friends wouldn't have been nice to him either.

I'll call you tomorrow, okay?

Hey, doctor, it's me. I'm at the club. It's midnight.

Come on by, 'cause we having a big old party, and we callin' it "life"!

Excuse me, ladies.

Hey, remember my guy, Nicholson Garrett?

"Turtle on a snare drum." He's my client.

I'm his agent. Client, agent.

Of course you loved it. Come on everybody loved it.

Nicholson, would you sign my book?

Oh, gosh, it really changed my life...

kind of like "Flashdance" did.

Where you going, doctor?

This night is in diapers, man.

Hello? I'm so sorry. I--

I used to live in this very apartment, and I had great success here. I was just--

Hello?

Here, I wrote this book.

I'm sorry, but this is my book. Here.

I-I saw this film.

- Yeah. - You wrote this book?

Yeah, no, here, look.

Here, this is my license, see?

I-I know it says "Nicholas" on the license, but...

my publishers had change it to "Nicholson,"

- 'cause they thought it sounded more... - importante.

Exactly.

Come in.

Gracias.

I wrote the book here, right here, three years ago

over one long winter. Oh, man.

So, um, you write another book?

- Not so much. - Ah... you got the, um,

the writer block.

Yeah, something like that.

You could write it here.

Shhh.

- Really? - My grandmother had a saying.

"Es el tonto que no puede volver al lugar de su felicidad pasada."

"It is the fool who fails to return to the place of his last happiness."

Hey, Bennett, it's me!

I'm gonna do it. I'll do it.

The 1-day intensive at Dufresne College.

I suddenly feel imbued with, uh, uh...

possibility.

What kind of mulch do you want?

Cedar or hardwood dark?

It doesn't really matter.

The glorioso house got a lot of inclines.

Cedar stays in place better on inclines, don't it?

I suppose.

What's wrong with you?

I think I'm sick of mulch.

Maybe you should go into another line of work.

I saw an ad.

Fortune 500 companies are looking for you if you're smart,

handsome, charming and highly skilled at drinking beer,

bullying college kids and having sex with girls you don't really like.

You're an idiot, Ikey.

That house is haunted.

You ever seen "to kill a mockingbird"?

You know that Boo Radley guy?

In that house, there's Boo Radley Sr. And Boo Radley Jr.

I know. I grew up there.

What do you mean?

I mean, Boo Radley Sr. is my father,

and Boo Radley Jr. is my brother.

Sorry.

- You live on this street? - No.

My friend Doodie does, though.

He moved here a while ago, but it was hard for him to make friends

on account of... Well, let's just put it this way.

They had to burn down the school to get him out of third grade.

Catch my drift?

Doodie... this guy grew up there with Freddy K. and leatherface.

You're the writer dude.

That's right.

My mom read your book.

She said it was mostly crap.

Told you.

He's Lenny to my George.

It wasn't George, you dope. It was squiggy!

See you kids later.

See ya.

Ronny didn't tell you I was coming home?

No, no.

The long-term effects of marijuana and video games

have affected him in the short-term.

What are you doing here?

Teaching a thing tomorrow at the doof.

- Oh. - Yeah.

I was thinking I could crash here for the weekend?

- Oh... - What?

Your room--it changed.

We got a routine here, your brother and me.

We get up. He makes the coffee. I fry the eggs.

We go to work. We come home.

He makes the coffee, and I fry the pork chops.

Sittin' here, a few beers, watch a game, maybe a movie.

It ain't much, but it works.

Nicky!

Ronny!

You're pretty happy to see him for a guy who forgot he was coming home.

Ooh, there he is.

Nicky!

- Owen Rowan! - Hey there!

Hey, man. I know we're a little late,

but it takes a village to get this group to the village.

Well, thanks for meeting me here, man.

Oh, sure, sure. Uh, Nicky, this is my wife Alison.

- Ally, the great Nicky Garrett. - It's really nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you, too. - Uh, hey, kids...

say hello to your uncle Nicky.

- This is Caitlin. - Hey!

And, uh, this little boy is Connor.

- Kids, wow. - Connor, stay!

I'll--I'll get him.

It's okay. You guys grap a coffee, okay? See you at home.

- Good to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

Wow, Owen Rowan, she's hot.

Crazy, right?

- It's good to see you, buddy. - You, too, man.

Hey, uh...

I gotta say thanks for going easy on me in the book.

At first I was insulted, 'cause, you know, the...

Kevin Levin guy was barely in it.

But then I read how you made Eddie and Hannah look, and I was like "phew."

- Phew point-five, right? - Well, no, look, I just...

want to say sorry in case I hurt you in any way.